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November 17, 2025
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Quality Issues with Stock Photos

  • November 17, 2025
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I tried to put up with photos from Europe on to Adobe stock and they got rejected for "quality issues" with no specific issues called out so they said to try here to see if the community can figure it out what I am missing.

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Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 20, 2025

Both assets have chroma noise and are badly composed. The second is also not correctly focussed. Obviousely the landscape is the main subject, but the focus seems to lie on the tower. The pictures look like some holiday snapshots, and not like well thought and composed images. I would recomend to you to join a photo club to learn the basics of composition, noise and exposure.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 20, 2025

They never point out specific errors. That would be a time consuming operation, and in addition, they refuse at the first error they see. There is no need for them to check further, as the asset will anyhow need to be rejected. A rejected asset very probably contains more than one error.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Ricky336
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 18, 2025

Hello,

I think you could improve your composition! Composition also covers quality issues!


Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 18, 2025

You don't say exactly where in Europe. But this is what your windmills are competing with in Stock inventory: 

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=ancient+windmills

 

Speaking as a customer, images have more commercial value when the structures are in full view. Ideally, you don't want to clip your main subject.  

 

Adobe Stock customers expect the highest visual and technical quality for use in commercial projects.

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 17, 2025

The first image is noisy, and the second image is underexposed in the shadows and leaning. It would have been better to compose it without cutting off the top of the building.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 17, 2025

The shadows need to be lifted and the tower straightened.

 

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